Course Elective 22 - Numerical Modelling of Geodynamic Processes
Staff involved:
Dr. Patrice Rey and A/Prof Dietmar Mueller (The University of Sydney).
Background:
Through Tectonic and Geodynamic processes the
Earth has evolved into a self-organized complex system of endogenic and
exogenic envelops exchanging energy and matter. Without these processes
the Earth would be a dead chondritic planet frozen in time. Recent advances
in numerical methods, numerical codes, and high performance parallel
computing provide geoscientists with the ability to model these processes;
a task that was until recently reserved to a few computational laboratory
in the world. Numerical Simulation of Lithospheric Processes is a 5-day
postgraduate course dedicated to an audience of geoscientists keen to
develop a practical expertise in numerical modelling.
Module Objectives:
The course has been designed not only for postgraduate
students in Geosciences. The course will develop the following topics:
- Principles
of Geodynamics - Heat Transfer and Continental Geotherm
- Deformation
of Earth
Materials and Rheology of the Continental Lithosphere
- Design
of Model
in Ellipsis - Writing template and using Ellipsis
GUI
- Ground
Trusthing
of Models through Inversion of Geological Observables
- Image
Processing
for Ellipsis graphic outputs
- Modelling Continental extension,
contraction
and gravity driven processes
- Modelling Mantle Processes.
More
details
at: http://www.earthbyte.org/Training/Numerical/index.html
Format, duration and timing:
The course includes lectures and practical exercises and runs over four
days.
Contact Dr P Rey for more details.
Module contact persons and coordinators:
- Dr. P.F. Rey
School of Geosciences, Earthbyte Research Group
The University of Sydney - Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Phone: 61 2 9351 2067
Fax: 61 2 9351 0184
E-mail: prey@geosci.usyd.edu.au
- A.Prof. D. Mueller
School of Geosciences, Earthbyte Research Group
The University of Sydney,
NSW 2006, Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 4254
Fax: 61 2 9351 0184
E-mail: dietmar@geosci.usyd.edu.au
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